阅读7选5专项练习及答案

专项练习——高考阅读7选5

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Muzak

The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 71 It’s similar to the music you listen to, but it’s not exactly the same. That’s because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don’t

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realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

Quiet background music used to be called "elevator (电梯) music" because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name "Muzak". About one-third of the people in America listen to "Muzak" everyday. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 72 If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some mus icians or songwriters don’t want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? 73

Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 74 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.

75 . They say it’s boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!

A. Some people don’t like Muzak.

B. The music gives them extra energy.

C. Music is playing in the background.

D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.

E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.

F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.

G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.

CBFDA

Friends play an important part in our lives，and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, 71 ．

Moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship”．In all

cases，two people like one another and enjoy being together，but beyond that，the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other change greatly．At the beginning, much depends on how people meet，and on good first impressions. As we get to know people, 72 . Although these factors are not of the greatest importance，it is more difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and background．

Then, 73 ．Friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than ordinary friends．Smiles and soft voices also express friendliness，and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty making friends. A friendly look with a wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare，and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness．

Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion，but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs，the same opinion and interests. The more closely involved people become．the more they depend on each other. And 74 . Equally, friends have to learn to make allowances for each other, to put up with annoying habits，and to accept differences in opinion.

In contrast with marriage, 75 . But the support and understanding that results fro m shared experiences and affections does seem to create a close and lasting relationship

A．we are usually friends with only a few

B．many factors can affect friendship and relationship

C．people want to do friends favors and hate to let them down

D．argument and discussion can improve personal relationships

E．we consider things like age，race，looks，economic and social status，etc

F．we pay attention to actual behavior，facial expression，and the way a person speaks G．there a re no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people

【练习2】

Speaking in public is most people’s least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all alraid of making foods of ourselves. 66 .

But stop biting your finger-mails. Public spea king is easy . It’s just plain talking, and you talk all the time. Although I’m basically shy (honest!). I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. And I can tell you that public speaking is not a “gift” like musical talent．_ 67 .Here are some of the lessons I have learned:

Your aud ience is going to come away with one or two of your main ideas．One or two．Not ten or twenty．68 ．And if you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, there's no way vour audience will．69 ___—how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close．

When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first．70 ．A strong close is critical; the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember．The standard length of a vaudeville act is usually 12 minutes．If all those performers singing and dancing their hearts out couldn't go on longer without boring the audience, what makes you think you can?

A．Some people are bom to be good at making speech

B．Anybody who can talk can speak in public

C．Try to relax yourself before making the speech

D．The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become

E．It you can't express in a sentence or two what you intend to get across, then your speech is